The Steamboat Town Challenge is a six race mountain bike series held every summer. Both hill-climb and cross-country events are included and single race or season passes are available. Races are every other Wednesday.

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Steve Miller‘s career has encompassed two distinct stages: one of the top San Francisco blues-rockers during the late ’60s and early ’70s, and one of the top-selling pop/rock acts of the mid- to late ’70s and early ’80s with hits like “The Joker,” “Fly Like an Eagle,” “Rock’n Me,” and “Abracadabra.” Miller was turned on to music by his father, who worked as a pathologist but knew stars like Charles Mingus and Les Paul, whom he brought home as guests; Paul taught the young Miller some guitar chords and let him sit in on a session. Miller formed a blues band, the Marksmen Combo, at age 12 with friend Boz Scaggs; the two teamed up again at the University of Wisconsin in a group called the Ardells, later the Fabulous Night Trains. Miller moved to Chicago in 1964 to get involved in the local blues scene, teaming with Barry Goldberg for two years.

He then moved to San Francisco and formed the first incarnation of the Steve Miller Blues Band, featuring guitarist James “Curly” Cooke, bassist Lonnie Turner, and drummer Tim Davis. The band built a local following through a series of free concerts and backed Chuck Berry in 1967 at a Fillmore date later released as a live album. Scaggs moved to San Francisco later that year and replaced Cooke in time to play the Monterey Pop Festival; it was the first of many personnel changes. Capitol signed the group as the Steve Miller Band following the festival.

The band flew to London to record Children of the Future, which was praised by critics and received some airplay on FM radio. It established Miller‘s early style as a blues-rocker influenced but not overpowered by psychedelia. The follow-up, Sailor, has been hailed as perhaps Miller‘s best early effort; it reached number 24 on the Billboard album charts and consolidated Miller‘s fan base. A series of high-quality albums with similar chart placements followed; while Miller remained a popular artist, pop radio failed to pick up on any of his material at this time, even though tracks like “Space Cowboy” and “Brave New World” had become FM rock staples. Released in 1971, Rock Love broke Miller‘s streak with a weak band lineup and poor material, and Miller followed it with the spotty Recall the Beginning: A Journey from Eden. Things began to look even worse for Miller when he broke his neck in a car accident and subsequently developed hepatitis, which put him out of commission for most of 1972 and early 1973.

Miller spent his recuperation time reinventing himself as a blues-influenced pop/rocker, writing compact, melodic, catchy songs. This approach was introduced on his 1973 LP, The Joker, and was an instant success, with the album going platinum and the title track hitting number one on the pop charts. Now an established star, Miller elected to take three years off. He purchased a farm and built his own recording studio, at which he crafted the wildly successful albums Fly Like an Eagle and Book of Dreams at approximately the same time. Fly Like an Eagle was released in 1976 and eclipsed its predecessor in terms of quality and sales (over four million copies) in spite of the long downtime in between. It also gave Miller his second number one hit with “Rock’n Me,” plus several other singles. Book of Dreams was almost as successful, selling over three million copies and producing several hits as well. All of the hits from Miller‘s first three pop-oriented albums were collected on Greatest Hits 1974-1978, which to date has sold over six million copies and remains a popular catalog item.

Miller again took some time off, not returning again until late 1981 with the disappointing Circle of Love. Just six months later, Miller rebounded with Abracadabra; the title track gave him his third number one single. The remaining albums released in the ’80s — Italian X Rays,1984; Living in the 20th Century, 1986; and Born 2B Blue, 1988 — weren’t consistent enough to be critically or commercially successful. The early ’90s saw Miller return to form with Wide River (the title track becoming a Top 40 chart entry) and the release of a retrospective box set compiled by the artist himself. Miller continued to headline shows into the 2000s, sharing the bill with classic rock acts such as 2008 tourmate Joe Cocker. He also announced the impending release of a new studio album of R&B covers. In 2010, the band released Bingo!, the first release on Miller’s own Space Cowboy Records.

The Steamboat Farmers Market is now in its 11th year, now located at the intersection of 7th and Yampa Street. The market was moved to it new location in 2014 and has proven very successful for both vendors and shoppers with more than 80 booths, featuring local and regional foods and products.

The Market includes fresh produce, meats, cheese, baked goods, canned and prepared foods, plants and other consumables. In addition, there is a limited number of handcrafted-by-the-vendor arts and crafts as well as several non-profit organizations participating.

Vendor registration for the market opens on January 15, 2015. To register as a vendor, go to www.ManageMyMarket.com

The Market is held, rain or shine from 9am to 2 pm, every Saturday from June 13 to September 19, 2015. The Markets new location is at 7th Street and Yampa Street, near the river, in downtown Steamboat Springs.

The Steamboat Farmers Market is now in its 11th year, now located at the intersection of 7th and Yampa Street. The market was moved to it new location in 2014 and has proven very successful for both vendors and shoppers with more than 80 booths, featuring local and regional foods and products.

The Market includes fresh produce, meats, cheese, baked goods, canned and prepared foods, plants and other consumables. In addition, there is a limited number of handcrafted-by-the-vendor arts and crafts as well as several non-profit organizations participating.

Vendor registration for the market opens on January 15, 2015. To register as a vendor, go to www.ManageMyMarket.com

The Market is held, rain or shine from 9am to 2 pm, every Saturday from June 13 to September 19, 2015. The Markets new location is at 7th Street and Yampa Street, near the river, in downtown Steamboat Springs.

The fifth annual USA Pro Challenge will return to Steamboat Springs, Colorado in 2015. Top cyclists from around the world will race through nine host cities from August 17 to August 23 with the Bike Town USA® Stage as the Overall Start in Steamboat Springs.

Steamboat is set to host a circuit race on Aug. 17 and the start of the Steamboat to Arapahoe Basin stage on Aug. 18. Festivities will begin Friday, August 14.

The fifth annual USA Pro Challenge will return to Steamboat Springs, Colorado in 2015. Top cyclists from around the world will race through nine host cities from August 17 to August 23 with the Bike Town USA® Stage as the Overall Start in Steamboat Springs.

Steamboat is set to host a circuit race on Aug. 17 and the start of the Steamboat to Arapahoe Basin stage on Aug. 18. Festivities will begin Friday, August 14.

The Steamboat Farmers Market is now in its 11th year, now located at the intersection of 7th and Yampa Street. The market was moved to it new location in 2014 and has proven very successful for both vendors and shoppers with more than 80 booths, featuring local and regional foods and products.

The Market includes fresh produce, meats, cheese, baked goods, canned and prepared foods, plants and other consumables. In addition, there is a limited number of handcrafted-by-the-vendor arts and crafts as well as several non-profit organizations participating.

Vendor registration for the market opens on January 15, 2015. To register as a vendor, go to www.ManageMyMarket.com

The Market is held, rain or shine from 9am to 2 pm, every Saturday from June 13 to September 19, 2015. The Markets new location is at 7th Street and Yampa Street, near the river, in downtown Steamboat Springs.

“The Beatles we remember were magical…1964 creates the magic!” Dick ClarkIt was in August of 1964 when the British invasion first came to Colorado with the group that started it all…the Beatles. If you love the Beatles, you won’t want to miss the most unique, fun and affordable concert event of this summer at Red Rocks with The #1 Beatles Show in the World, “1964” The Tribute.Purchase Tickets.This group is hailed by critics and fans alike as the most authentic and enduring Beatles tribute in the world. Choosing songs from the pre-Sgt. Pepper era, “1964” recreates an early 60s live Beatles concert with period instruments, vintage costumes, hairstyles, onstage mannerisms, speaking voices, and unmistakable harmonies of the lads from Liverpool. Over thirty-one years of researching and performing at major concert venues on four different continents has made the “1964” group masters of their craft in capturing the essence of the Beatles live on stage.

This Anniversary celebrates Red Rocks Amphitheatre as one of four original concert sites still remaining from the Beatles first American tour in 1964. Come experience the magic and see what it was like at the beginning.

For more information on “1964” The Tribute please go to: www.1964site.com

This concert benefits Colorado Public Television 12 and is sponsored by 99.5 The Mountain, KOSI, The Denver Post, Out Front, Sheraton Downtown Denver, Integrity Limousine, Prime Time for Seniors, 50Plus Marketplace News, and Brothers BBQ.

Thursday, August 27, 8 p.m. (Gates open at 6:30 p.m.)

Red Rocks Amphitheatre

$35 GA (plus service charges) available on www.ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster centers or call 1-800-745-3000.

Tickets also available through Channel 12 online at www.cpt12.org or by calling 303-296-1212 (M-F 9am-5pm).“1964” is not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple Corps Ltd.